A number of factors may contribute to more severe disease or complications in a patient with poliomyelitis.
Risk Factor
Impact
young prepubescent male
increased risk paralysis
pregnant female
increased disease severity
strenuous exercise during the first 3 days of the major illness
recent intramuscular injection in and/or trauma to an extremity
paralysis in the limb
tonsillectomy
increased risk of bulbar paralysis
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Pedatrics
